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Measure: Measure - Bed Capacity Measure Example

Official URL: http://hl7.org/fhir/us/safr/Measure/BedCapacityMeasure Version: 1.0.0-ballot
Standards status: Informative Computable Name: BedCapacityMeasure
Other Identifiers: OID:2.16.840.1.113883.4.642.40.53.29.1

Usage:Workflow Task: emergency

This measure tracks hospital bed capacity including occupied and unoccupied beds across ICU, ED, and Pediatric bed types for emergency response coordination.

To provide situational awareness, support capacity planning, and enable load balancing during normal operations and emergencies.

Title: Measure - Bed Capacity Measure Example
Id: BedCapacityMeasure
Version: 1.0.0-ballot
Url: Measure - Bed Capacity Measure Example

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Publisher: HL7 International / Public Health
Description:

This measure tracks hospital bed capacity including occupied and unoccupied beds across ICU, ED, and Pediatric bed types for emergency response coordination.

Use Context:
code value
task
Jurisdiction: US
Purpose:

To provide situational awareness, support capacity planning, and enable load balancing during normal operations and emergencies.

Basis: boolean
Scoring:

continuous-variable

Scoring unit:
Type:

Structure

Risk Adjustment: No risk adjustment applied
Rate Aggregation: Aggregate by facility and bed type
Improvement Notation:

Increased score indicates improvement

Population Criteria: Stratifier Criteria:
AllBeds-bed-capacity-group
Initial Population: All Beds
Measure Population: Total number of All Beds
Measure Observation: Number of All Unoccupied Beds
Stratum: Stratifies All Beds by occupancy status
Stratifier Criteria:
AdultTotal-bed-capacity-group
Initial Population: All Adult Total Beds
Measure Population: Total number of Adult Total Beds
Measure Observation: Number of Adult Total Unoccupied Beds
Stratum: Stratifies Adult Total Beds by occupancy status
Stratifier Criteria:
AdultICU-bed-capacity-group
Initial Population: All Adult ICU Beds
Measure Population: Total number of Adult ICU Beds
Measure Observation: Number of Adult ICU Unoccupied Beds
Stratum: Stratifies Adult ICU Beds by occupancy status
Stratifier Criteria:
AdultICULOC-bed-capacity-group
Initial Population: All Adult ICU-LOC Beds
Measure Population: Total number of Adult ICU-LOC Beds
Measure Observation: Number of Adult ICU-LOC Unoccupied Beds
Stratum: Stratifies Adult ICU-LOC Beds by occupancy status
Stratifier Criteria:
AdultNonICU-bed-capacity-group
Initial Population: All Adult Non-ICU Beds
Measure Population: Total number of Adult Non-ICU Beds
Measure Observation: Number of Adult Non-ICU Unoccupied Beds
Stratum: Stratifies Adult Non-ICU Beds by occupancy status
Stratifier Criteria:
AdultPCU-bed-capacity-group
Initial Population: All Adult PCU Beds
Measure Population: Total number of Adult PCU Beds
Measure Observation: Number of Adult PCU Unoccupied Beds
Stratum: Stratifies Adult PCU Beds by occupancy status
Stratifier Criteria:
AdultMTMS-bed-capacity-group
Initial Population: All Adult MT/MS Beds
Measure Population: Total number of Adult MT/MS Beds
Measure Observation: Number of Adult MT/MS Unoccupied Beds
Stratum: Stratifies Adult MT/MS Beds by occupancy status
Stratifier Criteria:
AdultObs-bed-capacity-group
Initial Population: All Adult OBS Beds
Measure Population: Total number of Adult OBS Beds
Measure Observation: Number of Adult OBS Unoccupied Beds
Stratum: Stratifies Adult OBS Beds by occupancy status
Stratifier Criteria:
PedsTotal-bed-capacity-group
Initial Population: All Peds Total Beds
Measure Population: Total number of Peds Total Beds
Measure Observation: Number of Peds Total Unoccupied Beds
Stratum: Stratifies Peds Total Beds by occupancy status
Stratifier Criteria:
PedsICU-bed-capacity-group
Initial Population: All Peds ICU Beds
Measure Population: Total number of Peds ICU Beds
Measure Observation: Number of Peds ICU Unoccupied Beds
Stratum: Stratifies Peds ICU Beds by occupancy status
Stratifier Criteria:
PedsICULOC-bed-capacity-group
Initial Population: All Peds ICU-LOC Beds
Measure Population: Total number of Peds ICU-LOC Beds
Measure Observation: Number of Peds ICU-LOC Unoccupied Beds
Stratum: Stratifies Peds ICU-LOC Beds by occupancy status
Stratifier Criteria:
PedsNonICU-bed-capacity-group
Initial Population: All Peds Non-ICU Beds
Measure Population: Total number of Peds Non-ICU Beds
Measure Observation: Number of Peds Non-ICU Unoccupied Beds
Stratum: Stratifies Peds Non-ICU Beds by occupancy status
Stratifier Criteria:
PedsPCU-bed-capacity-group
Initial Population: All Peds PCU Beds
Measure Population: Total number of Peds PCU Beds
Measure Observation: Number of Peds PCU Unoccupied Beds
Stratum: Stratifies Peds PCU Beds by occupancy status
Stratifier Criteria:
PedsMTMS-bed-capacity-group
Initial Population: All Peds MT/MS Beds
Measure Population: Total number of Peds MT/MS Beds
Measure Observation: Number of Peds MT/MS Unoccupied Beds
Stratum: Stratifies Peds MT/MS Beds by occupancy status
Stratifier Criteria:
PedsObs-bed-capacity-group
Initial Population: All Peds OBS Beds
Measure Population: Total number of Peds OBS Beds
Measure Observation: Number of Peds OBS Unoccupied Beds
Stratum: Stratifies Peds OBS Beds by occupancy status
Stratifier Criteria:
SpecialtyTotal-bed-capacity-group
Initial Population: All Specialty Total Beds
Measure Population: Total number of Specialty Total Beds
Measure Observation: Number of Specialty Total Unoccupied Beds
Stratum: Stratifies Specialty Total Beds by occupancy status
Stratifier Criteria:
SpecialtyNonCrib-bed-capacity-group
Initial Population: All Specialty (Non-Crib) Beds
Measure Population: Total number of Specialty (Non-Crib) Beds
Measure Observation: Number of Specialty (Non-Crib) Unoccupied Beds
Stratum: Stratifies Specialty (Non-Crib) Beds by occupancy status
Stratifier Criteria:
OB-bed-capacity-group
Initial Population: All Specialty OB Beds
Measure Population: Total number of Specialty OB Beds
Measure Observation: Number of Specialty OB Unoccupied Beds
Stratum: Stratifies Specialty OB Beds by occupancy status
Stratifier Criteria:
NICU-bed-capacity-group
Initial Population: All Specialty NICU Beds
Measure Population: Total number of Specialty NICU Beds
Measure Observation: Number of Specialty NICU Unoccupied Beds
Stratum: Stratifies Specialty NICU Beds by occupancy status
Stratifier Criteria:
NICU4-bed-capacity-group
Initial Population: All Specialty NICU 4 Beds
Measure Population: Total number of Specialty NICU 4 Beds
Measure Observation: Number of Specialty NICU 4 Unoccupied Beds
Stratum: Stratifies Specialty NICU 4 Beds by occupancy status
Stratifier Criteria:
NICU3-bed-capacity-group
Initial Population: All Specialty NICU 3 Occupied Beds
Measure Population: Total number of Specialty NICU 3 Occupied Beds
Measure Observation: Number of Specialty NICU 3 Unoccupied Beds
Stratum: Stratifies Specialty NICU 3 Occupied Beds by occupancy status
Stratifier Criteria:
NICU3Plus-bed-capacity-group
Initial Population: All Specialty NICU 3 Plus Beds
Measure Population: Total number of Specialty NICU 3 Plus Beds
Measure Observation: Number of Specialty NICU 3 Plus Unoccupied Beds
Stratum: Stratifies Specialty NICU 3 Plus Beds by occupancy status
Stratifier Criteria:
NICU2-bed-capacity-group
Initial Population: All Specialty NICU 2 Beds
Measure Population: Total number of Specialty NICU 2 Beds
Measure Observation: Number of Specialty NICU 2 Unoccupied Beds
Stratum: Stratifies Specialty NICU 2 Beds by occupancy status
Stratifier Criteria:
Nursery-bed-capacity-group
Initial Population: All Specialty Nursery Beds
Measure Population: Total number of Specialty Nursery Beds
Measure Observation: Number of Specialty Nursery Unoccupied Beds
Stratum: Stratifies Specialty Nursery Beds by occupancy status
Stratifier Criteria:
NICU1-bed-capacity-group
Initial Population: All Specialty NICU 1 Beds
Measure Population: Total number of Specialty NICU 1 Beds
Measure Observation: Number of Specialty NICU 1 Unoccupied Beds
Stratum: Stratifies Specialty NICU 1 Beds by occupancy status
Stratifier Criteria:
AdultPsych-bed-capacity-group
Initial Population: All Specialty Adult Psych Beds
Measure Population: Total number of Specialty Adult Psych Beds
Measure Observation: Number of Specialty Adult Psych Unoccupied Beds
Stratum: Stratifies Specialty Adult Psych Beds by occupancy status
Stratifier Criteria:
PedsPsych-bed-capacity-group
Initial Population: All Specialty Peds Psych Beds
Measure Population: Total number of Specialty Peds Psych Beds
Measure Observation: Number of Specialty Peds Psych Unoccupied Beds
Stratum: Stratifies Specialty Peds Psych Beds by occupancy status
Stratifier Criteria:
Rehab-bed-capacity-group
Initial Population: All Specialty Rehab Beds
Measure Population: Total number of Specialty Rehab Beds
Measure Observation: Number of Specialty Rehab Unoccupied Beds
Stratum: Stratifies Specialty Rehab Beds by occupancy status
Stratifier Criteria:
SurgeActiveTotal-bed-capacity-group
Initial Population: All Surge Total Active Beds
Measure Population: Total number of Surge Total Active Beds
Measure Observation: Number of Surge Total Active Unoccupied Beds
Stratum: Stratifies Surge Total Active Beds by occupancy status
Stratifier Criteria:
SurgeInactiveTotal-bed-capacity-group
Initial Population: All Surge Total Inactive Occupied Beds
Measure Population: Total number of Surge Total Inactive Occupied Beds
Measure Observation: Number of Surge Total Inactive Unoccupied Beds
Stratum: Stratifies Surge Total Inactive Occupied Beds by occupancy status
Stratifier Criteria:
SurgeActiveICU-bed-capacity-group
Initial Population: All Surge ICU Active Beds
Measure Population: Total number of Surge ICU Active Beds
Measure Observation: Number of Surge ICU Active Unoccupied Beds
Stratum: Stratifies Surge ICU Active Beds by occupancy status
Stratifier Criteria:
SurgeInactiveICU-bed-capacity-group
Initial Population: All Surge ICU Inactive Occupied Beds
Measure Population: Total number of Surge ICU Inactive Occupied Beds
Measure Observation: Number of Surge ICU Inactive Unoccupied Beds
Stratum: Stratifies Surge ICU Inactive Occupied Beds by occupancy status
Stratifier Criteria:
SurgeActiveNonICU-bed-capacity-group
Initial Population: All Surge Non-ICU Active Beds
Measure Population: Total number of Surge Non-ICU Active Beds
Measure Observation: Number of Surge Non-ICU Active Unoccupied Beds
Stratum: Stratifies Surge Non-ICU Active Beds by occupancy status
Stratifier Criteria:
SurgeInactiveNonICU-bed-capacity-group
Initial Population: All Surge Non-ICU Inactive Occupied Beds
Measure Population: Total number of Surge Non-ICU Inactive Occupied Beds
Measure Observation: Number of Surge Non-ICU Inactive Unoccupied Beds
Stratum: Stratifies Surge Non-ICU Inactive Occupied Beds by occupancy status
Stratifier Criteria:
Burn-bed-capacity-group
Initial Population: All Burn Beds
Measure Population: Total number of Burn Beds
Measure Observation: Number of Burn Unoccupied Beds
Stratum: Stratifies Burn Beds by occupancy status
Stratifier Criteria:
NegativePressure-bed-capacity-group
Initial Population: All Neg Pressure Beds
Measure Population: Total number of Neg Pressure Beds
Measure Observation: Number of Neg Pressure Unoccupied Beds
Stratum: Stratifies Neg Pressure Beds by occupancy status
Stratifier Criteria:
AdultED-bed-capacity-group
Initial Population: All Adult ED Total Beds
Measure Population: Total number of Adult ED Total Beds
Measure Observation: Number of Adult ED Admitted Beds
Stratum: Stratifies Adult ED Total Beds by occupancy status
Stratifier Criteria:
PedsED-bed-capacity-group
Initial Population: All Peds ED Beds
Measure Population: Total number of Peds ED Beds
Measure Observation: Number of Peds ED Admitted Beds
Stratum: Stratifies Peds ED Beds by occupancy status
Stratifier Criteria:
TotalED-bed-capacity-group
Initial Population: All Total ED Beds
Measure Population: Total number of Total ED Beds
Measure Observation: Number of Total ED Admitted Beds
Stratum: Stratifies Total ED Beds by occupancy status
Libraries:
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